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Expedia Group ending its supply relationship with Hopper was the likely outcome of Hopper suddenly becoming a legitimate and growing competitor.

Expedia Group is pulling its hotel and vacation rental supply from Hopper, charging the rival OTA with taking advantage of consumers with its fintech products.

| From left, Kimberly Wilson Wetty, Jennifer Wilson-Buttigieg, Brian Buttigieg, Valerie Wilson, Richard Leibman, Lara Leibman and Bryan Leibman. Consolidation among travel agencies was heating up even before the pandemic. And now, more than a year into the Covid-19 crisis, with margins stretched thin, cash in short supply and buyers and sellers both looking to strengthen their competitive positions through mergers, it has become an active marketplace for agencies that have the capital and drive...